Bus. Links in the Community

Business Links for NFTE

Over the course of the three years in the NFTE programme we have developed a number of business links in the community. A number of financial institutions in the area actively work with our students to promote the idea and importance of enterprise. Bank of Ireland has an enterprise week whereby they invite some of our businesses to display and sell their products in the bank during enterprise week. Clondalkin Credit Union also visit our school to speak to our enterprise students about the opportunities they have and also deliver a programme to our students called Clued In where they teach our students about how to manage their money and the role of the Credit Unions.

Each year for our Dragons Den we ask people from local business if they would kindly give up their free time to come in and judge the students business plans and offer valuable feedback and advice to our students. This year we are very grateful to Martin Fitzgerald from Dimension Engineering, Alan Wren from Crystal Contract Services, Fiona Bateman previously of KBC Bank and Ciara Brady from Volkswagen Ireland for coming in and being a part of the NFTE programme here at Coláiste Bríde.